Aug. 10-12, 20072Pi-ConClarion Sovereign HotelWest Springfield, Mass.Guest of Honor: CE Murphypi-con.org Aug. 17-19, 2007Con-Version 23Calgary Radisson HotelCalgary, Alberta, CanadaGuest of Honor: Jack McDevittwww.con-version.org For more genre travel information, visi https://thegenretraveler.com.
Thinking of going to Comic Con next year? Well, the venue certainly is going to be right. Although not scheduled to open until the fall of 2007, Hard Rock Hotel San Diego has already been secured through Travel Planners Inc. to host the 2008 attendees of Comic-Con International. The hotel has arranged for 300 rooms […]
TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel community, announced on Friday the top 10 amusement parks in the U.S., according to traveler popularity and TripAdvisor editors. Many of them offer thrills and chills for genre travelers. And, of course, with Halloween coming up in a few weeks, many of these parks are gearing up for a good […]
“Roll, roll, roll en zee hay.” For some reason, that’s one of my favorite quotes from the 1974 Mel Brooks film Young Frankenstein. Well this funny, funny film is now a musical. “The New Mel Brooks Musical Young Frankenstein” will open for its World Premiere, pre-Broadway presentation, at The Paramount Theater in Seattle, Ore., on […]
August 2007 Aug. 1-15Artifacts of a Nether WorldArt & Objects by Dan ChessherHyaena GalleryBurbank, Calif.www.hyaenagallery.com Aug. 10-12Horrorfind WeekendMarriott Hunt Valley InnHunt Valley, Md.www.horrorfindweekend.com/state/maryland/august/ Aug. 11, 2007LA Myth: A group art showMeltdown ComicsLos Angeles, Calif.meltcomics.com or myspace.com/lamyth Aug. 24, 200723rd Annual L. Ron Hubbard Achievement AwardsThe Caltech AthenaeumPasadena, Calif.RSVP for reservations:(323) 466-3310 or (800) 624-6504 in […]
If you’re interested in going to Gothicfest 2007, tickets go on sale at all Ticketmaster locations, as well as ticketmaster.com, Wednesday, Aug. 1, at 10am. This is a 21 and over event. For more information, visit www.gothicfest.com or www.myspace.com/gothicfest. For more genre travel information, visi https://thegenretraveler.com.
I just got these road trip sanity tips in my email today and since they compliment the cover story of the July 2007 issue of The Genre Traveler, I thought I’d pass the information along. Of course I’ve added my two bits to their tips, and edited out the blatant commercial they were pitching. Keep […]
Harry Potter Wiki recently launched and already has more than 1,000 articles on almost everything imaginable from the Harry Potter books. Created by Wikia, Inc., the leading provider of community resources for building and organizing free content on every topic, Harry Potter Wiki is a fully editable website created and run by fans of the […]
Maison d’Ailleurs, or the House of Elsewhere, is Europe’s only public science-fiction museum. Created in 1976, when French sci-fi buff Pierre Versin donated his collection of tens of thousands of SF books to the Swiss spa town of Yverdon-les-Bains, just north of Lausanne, on the condition that it be made available for public viewing, the […]
As I reported in the July issue of The Genre Traveler, the “Back to the Future – The Ride” at Universal Studios Hollywood is going to be transformed into a Simpsons thrill ride due to open in Spring 2008. Therefore, this ride will be closing soon. Yesterday, Universal Studios Hollywood announced that “Back to the […]